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TOP 12 BILLABONG XXL BIG WAVES IN THE WORLD by: BNQT.com May 03, 2013 The 2013 Billabong XXL Awards take place tonight at the Grove in Anaheim, California. A year-long event open to anyone brave enough to challenge Mother Earth's most powerful surf, the XXL awards are a user-submitted surfing contest attracting the world's elite big wave community. Awards range from Biggest Wave and Ride of the Year (best performance) to XXL Wipeout Award and Pacific… Read More |
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GRENADE GAMES 9 - 2013 GALLERY AT MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN… by: BNQT.com April 29, 2013 Grenade Games 9 went down at Mammoth Mountain over the weekend with a predictable amount of carnage and debauchery. From the Chiense Downhill to NOFX's live performance at Main Lodge, the 2,000 or so on-hand had plenty to smile about. Say nothing for the perfect weather and the debut of the Underground where Lil John kept things lit up most of the night. We were up most of the night too and misse… Read More |
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THE TWITTER SNAP: THE LATEST AND MOST INTERESTING … by: BNQT.com April 08, 2013 |
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SURFING MAGAZINE'S SWIMSUIT ISSUE IS SUBLIME by: BNQT.com March 29, 2013 Surfing Magazine's Swimsuit Issue is sublime and so are the ladies within. Here's a sneak peek of the 2013 edition. Read More |
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THE TWITTER SNAP: THE LATEST AND MOST INTERESTING … by: BNQT.com March 24, 2013 |
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[PHOTO GALLERY]: RED BULL SWITCHBOARD'S ULTIMATE A… by: BNQT.com March 22, 2013 More than 600 college students from over 25 different colleges participated in the ultimate action sports dream day of surf in the morning and snow in the afternoon. Students from San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles began the day surfing at Huntington Beach and La Jolla Shores alongside professional surfer Jamie Sterling. After riding the big waves, participants took a two-hour jou… Read More |
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ANOTHER EPIC WEEKEND AT THE OAKLEY PROGRESSION SES… by: BNQT.com March 21, 2013 OPS Stop #2 wrapped up this past weekend at Mammoth Mountain. Temps in the 60s and bluebird skies weren't the only contributing factors in making the weekend epic, we have photos to prove the rest! Photos by: Michaela Eichenbaum … Read More |
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THE TWITTER SNAP: THE LATEST AND MOST INTERESTING … by: BNQT.com March 16, 2013 |
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THE TWITTER SNAP: THE LATEST AND MOST INTERESTING … by: BNQT.com March 06, 2013 |
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BNQT'S TOP #BURTONUSOPEN MOMENTS - PART 1 by: BNQT.com March 05, 2013 The 2013 Burton US Open was blessed by a flood of images from the instagrammers on-hand. We took some time perusing #BurtonUSOpen and used it to help showcase what were some of our favorite moments, people and best-of's at the first US Open of snowboarding to be held at Vail Mountain. This is Part 1 - more to come.
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BURTON US OPEN - MEN'S SLOPESTYLE SEMIS GALLERY by: BNQT.com February 27, 2013 Today’s slopestyle semi-finals marked the start of the 31st annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI at Vail Mountain. Under bluebird skies at the largest resort in the U.S., the world’s top snowboarders treated spectators to next-level slopestyle riding. Spencer O’Brien (CAN) and Torstein Horgmo (NOR) finished first in the slopestyle semi-finals competition and wil… Read More |
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BURTON US OPEN - WOMEN'S SLOPESTYLE SEMIS GALLERY by: BNQT.com February 27, 2013 The first competitive event of the 2013 Burton US Open kicked off Wednesday morning February 27th at Vail Mountain. The women's snowboard slopestyle semi-finals featured 21 of the top women's slope riders in the world yet only six slots were open in the finals. Top performers like Spencer O'Brien, Jamie Anderson and Sarka Pancochova were joined by Brooke Voigt, Christy Prior and Shelly Gotli… Read More |
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THE TWITTER SNAP: THE LATEST AND MOST INTERESTING … by: BNQT.com February 23, 2013 |
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RED BULL ULTRA NATURAL COMPETITION DAY GALLERY by: BNQT.com February 18, 2013 Austrian Gigi Ruf, 31, bested the world's top backcountry freestyle snowboarders today at the 2nd Annual Red Bull Ultra Natural, held at Baldface Catskiing Lodge and Resort outside of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. In varying weather conditions Ruf scored the highest in a best of two run format as one of 16 riders invited to compete at what is considered to be the most prestigious backcountry s… Read More |
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RED BULL ULTRA NATURAL TIMBER GAMES by: BNQT.com February 16, 2013 For this year's Red Bull Ultra Natural Travis Rice and event director Liam Griffin opted to again bring back timber sports as a means to determine drop order. Much more interesting than simply pulling names out of a hat, the timber games pitted each rider against the clock, limited by their own ability to saw a log, hammer a 9-inch nail and bulls-eye an ax throw. Of the 16 invited riders all took … Read More |
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RED BULL ULTRA NATURAL - COURSE INSPECTION PREVIEW… by: BNQT.com February 16, 2013 The Red Bull Ultra Natural waiting period began Friday with the traditional course inspection day. Four cats filled with production staff and competitors left Baldface Lodge early morning and approached the famed scary cherry run where the Red Bull Ultra Natural course lie in wait. BNQT jumped in Cat #1 with the likes of DCP, Nico Muller, Gigi Ruf, Wolle Nyvelt, Lucas Debari and Jake Blauvelt to g… Read More |
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MIKAELA SHIFFRIN CLINCHES WORLD SLALOM CHAMPIONSHI… by: BNQT.com February 16, 2013 American slalom skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 17, took gold at the Alpine World Championships in Schlaming, Austria on Saturday, February 16, making her the youngest women's slalom world champion in 39 years. Shiffrin, born in Vail, CO, emerged from relative obscurity this season by winning three World Cup slalom events prior to claiming the overall. In Saturday's race, Shiffrin … Read More |
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LOOK BACK 2012 - RED BULL SUPERNATURAL ARRIVAL AND… by: BNQT.com February 14, 2013 ED's Note - here's a look back at last year's arrival at the Red Bull Supernatural in outside Nelson, British Columbia. We're back this year at the now ULTRANATURAL (see teaser) and are looking forward to another epic experience: (Originally posted February 2012) -The day prior to the official launch of the Red Bull Supernatural riders had a chance to inspect the course. An upper section, with a… Read More |
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SURFER ALANA BLANCHARD SMOKES IN SI'S SWIMSUIT ISS… by: BNQT.com February 12, 2013 Yesterday we saw that Sports Illustrated dropped a teaser for it's 2013 Swimsuit Issue. Today we learned that surfing uber babe Alana Blanchard is among the models featured in the issue. Sports Illustrated is as big time as one can get in the world of bikini modeling so props to Alana's agent for pulling the strings on this one. What follows are over a dozen images from the SI shoot with A… Read More |
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THE TWITTER SNAP: THE LATEST AND MOST INTERESTING … by: BNQT.com February 09, 2013 |
